Saturday, October 18, 2014

Another new follower! Welcome!

Mungo got to Athens.. Of
course he did, but one worries a little. Travelling alone is (at
least relatively) new to him, all that business of boarding passes
and finding the connecting flight in the horrors of Heathrow.

And I got my package from the House of
Bruar, but there's still no sign of Archie's yarn. I haven't looked
at the new clothes yet. Must do that.

Knitting yesterday was a bit
hit-and-miss. I did a scallop and a half of the edging of he Unst
Bridal Shawl and decided that I was tired enough that it would be
wise not to go on. The Northmavine Hap, unfortunately, is still at
the stage where there seem to be more markers than stitches. I'm
hoping it will be easy and soothing soon, but not yet. After a bit of
that, I retreated still further to the heel flap of the second
Pakokku sock.

Mary, thank you for the pointer to the
Feral Knitter and to the Nahanni Fair Isle Vest. Lovely, I agree. I
have been dimly aware of the Feral Knitter but don't visit often –
and didn't even know that the name derives from a non-knitting
friend's mishearing of “Fair Isle”. I love it, and will be back
often.

I have enjoyed wandering among the
patterns on her website just now – maybe Ron
Schweitzer's Flowers of Life is the sort of thing I want. But on
the other hand, I have half-a-dozen bright Fair Isle-y colours bought
at Jamieson & Smith that day – I want to accommodate them.

Goodness, I envy you Meg's workshop,
Mary. And we all wish we had been at Shetland Wool Week.

Knitting tidbit: we watched a real-life
program called The Kitchen a day or so ago, not cookery but cameras
set up in six different kitchens watching what people do there. The
Silly Old Fools, the Gay Couple, the one with Lots of Children, the
Sikhs – I can't remember any more. Maybe there were only four. I
don't think we'll go on watching, but I wanted to tell you that the
man who was half of the Silly Old Fool pair was a knitter, with vests
and socks as brilliant as the Socklady's.

Non-knit: The computer has resumed its errant ways. And today is the day the Apple Store opens on Princes Street.

The Flowers of Life pattern looks as though it would work for the Prince-of-Wales continuous-to-sleeve trick (though they didn't do it for the sample). Maybe you could keep it in mind for a later occasion.

Thanks for the link to the FeralKnitter. Another fair isle designer is Mary Scott Huff altho I don't recall she has any men's patterns; still, work a peak if you have the time. http://www.ravelry.com/designers/mary-scott-huff?page=2Good luck at the Apple store.